Question

elise and Miguel both collect baseball cards Miguel has more than two times as many cards as elise together they have 971 cards


a write an equation to represent this equation

b how many cards do each person have

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Answer 1

@jdoe0001

Answer 2

@Loser66

Answer 3

Miguel has more than two times as many, or exactly two times as many?

Answer 4

it says "Miguel has two more than two time as many baseball cards as elise"

Answer 5

Ah, but that's not what you put in the problem text up top!

Answer 6

Okay, let's pick a variable name for the number of cards that Elise has. What's your pleasure?

Answer 7

e?

Answer 8

Okay. Elise has \(e\) cards. How many does Miguel have, in terms of \(e\)?

Answer 9

2 time more than?

Answer 10

uh, not quite. reread the problem statement.

Answer 11

I don't understand it that's why I put it on openstudy

Answer 12

"Miguel has two more than two time as many baseball cards as elise"

Answer 13

What's "two times as many as \(e\)"?

Answer 14

I don't know man

Answer 15

If one number is represented by \(e\), how do you write 2* that number?

Answer 16

\(2e\), right?

Answer 17

yeah

Answer 18

Okay, what's "two more than two times a number", if "two times a number" is \(2e\)?

Answer 19

well still don't understnad

Answer 20

Come on, dude, what's "\(2e\)" plus \(2\) more?

Answer 21

4e

Answer 22

No, that's \(2e + 2e\)

\[2e+2\] is "two more than twice the number that Elise has"

Answer 23

Elise has \(e\) cards. Miguel has \(2e + 2\) cards. Together, they have 971 cards.

Can you write an equation that says that?